§ Mr. Onslowasked the Minister of Labour if he will publish in the OFFICIAL 460W REPORT the monthly totals of payments so far made in the South-East Region under the Redundancy Payments Act.
§ Mr. Hattersley:Yes. Following is the information:
PAYMENTS MADE UNDER THE REDUNDANCY PAYMENTS ACT IN THE LONDON AND SOUTH EASTERN REGION (to the nearest £) Month Payments from the Redundancy Fund (under Sections 30 and 32 of the Act) Payments by employers (exclusive of Rebate) Total £ £ £ 1965 December 21,260 7,412 28,672 1966 January 118,411 39,791 158,202 February 211,590 79,168 290,758 March 391,897 129,888 521,785 April 298,526 127,565 426,091 May 453,714 137,985 591,699 June 442,949 148,635 591,584 July 398,811 137,018 535,829 August 544,299 161,972 706,271 September 472,690 161,540 634,230 October 582,627 182,861 765,488 November 553,396 202,405 755,801 December 708,079 263,434 971,513 1967 January 814,070 340,855 1,154,925 February 913,818 244,125 1,157,943 March 662,247 218,394 880,641 April 839,471 324,776 1,164,247 May 858,684 227,402 1,086,086 June 583,399 199,819 783,218 July 791,201 230,880 1,022,081 August 947,978 372,745 1,320,723 September 812,088 245,454 1,057,542 October 803,835 261,544 1,065,379 November 968,144 318,530 1,286,674
§ Mr. Onslowasked the Minister of Labour how many recipients of payments under the Redundancy Payments Act are known to have been unemployed one week after the termination of their previous employment, and how many after one month.
§ Mr. Hattersley:I regret that the information is not available.